Gag-runner



(No Model.)

` R. G. HAN-FORD, Jr.

GAG RUNNER. No. 277,716. Patented May' 15,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT G. HANF ORD, JR., OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO O. B. NORTH v 85CO., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

GAG-RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,716, dated May 15,1883. Application tiled February 7, 1883. (No modelz) To all whom 'itmay concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT G. HANEORD, Jr., of Columbus, in the countyof Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new Improvement inGag-Runners; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same,and which said drawings constitute part ot' this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view of the loop; Fig. 2, a perspective view ofthe attachin g-rin g; Fig. 3, a front view, showing the runner attachedto the strap 5 Fig. 4, a vertical central section of the same; Fig. 5, amodification of the ring.

This invention relates to an improvement in the article ofharness-trimmings commonly called Lgag-runners7-that is to say, a loopon the bridle through which the check-rein runs-the object of theinvention being to construct the loop and the device by which it isattached separate and independent from each other,and so that they maybe readily put together and attached to the bridle, and whereby avariety of styles ot attaching-rings may be used with the sameloop, orvariety of loops with the same attaching-ring; and it consists in theconstruction of the loop and its attachment, as more fully hereinafterdescribed, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the loop, cast with an open hook, a, at its upper end; B,the attachingring, which may be of any convenient shape, but so as toleave the lower portion, b, rounded. On its rear upper side is anL-shaped hook, d, the leg of the L turned downward, and substantiallyparallel to the rin g B, and distant from the rear surface of the ringsubstantially equal to the thickness ot the strap C. Near the hook d thering is reduced in thickness by cutting a notch, e, in its rear surface,the thickness of the ring at this reduced portion being equal to orlittle less'than the mouth fof the hook a, and so `that the hook of theloop may be passed onto the ring through this reduced thickness,'andthen swung around to its vertical position, as seen in Fig. 3. It issecurelyT held, because the ring is of greater transverse section thanthe mouth of the hook, and when the loop has been thus engaged with itsring the ring may be" attached to the strap C, as seen in Fig. 4, byintroducing the L-shaped hook through the hole in the strap to bring theleg ofthe hook upon the inside of the strap, while the ring lies uponthe outside.

Instead ot' cutting a notch, c, in the ring, it may be simply a gradualreduction in thickness ofthe side of the hook, as seen in Fig. 5.

By this construction the two parts are formed complete in the pr'ocessof casting., requiring no mechanical manipulation, and may be readilyenga-ged the one with theother, and a great variety of styles ot' loopsand rings may be produced, the parts interchangeable one with another toincrease the variety and accommodate the tastes or requirements ot' thetrade.

I have described the attaching device as a ring, because the firstillustration as made is round; but this ring may be of any desirableshape-as, for illustration, such as seen in Fig. 5. By the term ring,77therefore, I do not wish to be understood as limiting the invention to around ring shape.

I claim- The herein-described improvement in gag-`

